Soil-pulverizer.



S. D. BEUM. SOIL PULVERIZER. APPLIOATION FILED JAIL, 1906.

900,822. Patented 0011.13,!908.

391 en 1 W PATENT-clamor STEPHEN D. BEUM, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

SQIL-PULVERIZER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Oct. 13,- 1908 Application filed January 14, 1908: Serial No. 410,838.

To all whom it-may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN D. BE'UM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Soil-Pulverizer, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to soil pulverizers and it eonsistsin the novel constructionand arrangement of'its parts as hereinafter shown and described. a

The 'objectof the invention is to provide an agricultural implement adapted to be drawn over the ground and which is pro- -vided with vertically disposed parallel blades for cutting the soil.

A series of noncircular clod crushers is journaled for rotation upon the same and a pulverizing roller is located behind. the clod crushers.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure l is a top plan View of the implement. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a transverse a portion of the implement cut on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. I

The implement consists of the rails 1 -which are connected together by the transversely disposed cross rails 2, 3 and 4. The rail 2 is located at the forward end of the implement. The rail 3 near the forward end andthe rail 4 near the rear end of the same. Draft chains 5 or their equivalents are attached to the rail 2. The harrow blades 6 are vertically disposed and are attached at their upper edges to the. rails 2 and 3. The blades 6 are substantially \l' shaped in cross section and terminate inedges their lower and forward. portions. If. de-

. sired. harrow teeth may be employed instead of the blades 6. The said blades are arranged in parallel relation and lie inplanes in alinenient with or parallel with the line of draft of the implement. The area'above, the upper edges of the blade 6 and the bars 2 and 3' is closedby aibottom 7 whereby a receptacle is formed between the rails 2 and 3 which may hold tools or other weighty objects for the purpose of holding'the blades. 6 down in the soil as Will hereinafter appear. The non-circular clod Crushers 8 are journal'ed for rotation between the'rails 1. Said crushers are preferably square in transverse section, as shown, although they may be of sectional View of 7 any other "desired noncircular transverse configuration. The angles formed at the edges of the sides of the said clod crushers' are protected by the metallic strips 9 which are inlaid in the corners of the said' crusher in a manner as illustrated in Fig. 2. These strips may, if preferred, be inlaid in the sides of the crusher. The pulverizing roller 10 is journaled for rotationbetweenthe rear end portions of the side rails 1. Said roller may be formed from wood orsmctal or other suitable material. The platform 11 is connectedby means of the hinges 12 to the cross rail 2 and is adapted to lie-at' its edges along the upper edges of the side rails 1.' The seat 13 is mounted upon the platform 11. The saidplatforni is adapted to lie over'th'e clod crushers S and prevent foreign bodies from becoming entangled with the same by falling on them from above.

Thus, it will be seen that an implement is provided having at its forward end harcircular clod cru'shers-which en age the soil in an irregular manner and have a pounding or beating effect upon -the same whicha'educes the size of the clodsand a pulverizing roller which forces the material into a level plain and effectually reduces the soil 'to a mulch and leaves the same in admirable condi'tion for machine or hand planting.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim asmew and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is: y

Animplement as described. comprising a frame,-haVing at its forward-end a receptaole, a platform hinged to the frame and adapted to close said receptacle, harrow 1 blades carried by the forwardportion of the implement, non-circular clod crushersijournaled for rotation behind the harrow blades and adapted to'lie under said platform, and

- STEPHEN 1):. BEi'JM.

Witnesses:

WM. "R. MI LER,

WM. EVERSFIELD. 

